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Alan Tennant is a researcher primarily affiliated with the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom. Their work spans multiple areas within medicine, with a strong focus on pathology and forensic medicine, psychiatry and mental health, neurology, rheumatology, and genetics. Tennant's research contributes notably to medical understanding and clinical practice, emphasizing quality of life and disability measurement across various neurological and muscular disorders.

Their primary fields of study include:

  • Medicine

Subfields of study in which Tennant has published work encompass:

  • Pathology and Forensic Medicine
  • Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Neurology
  • Rheumatology
  • Genetics

Tennant has engaged extensively with topics related to neurological and chronic conditions, including:

  • Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies
  • Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research
  • Neurogenetic and Muscular Disorders Research
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders

The researcher has been involved in publishing in several prominent venues, frequently appearing in:

  • Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences
  • Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders
  • Musculoskeletal Care
  • Quality of Life Research

Recent papers by Alan Tennant include:

  • Application of the Rasch measurement model in rehabilitation research and practice: early developments, current practice, and future challenges, 2023, Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
  • Quality of life in multiple sclerosis is dominated by fatigue, disability and self-efficacy, 2021, Journal of the Neurological Sciences (with Carolyn Young)
  • Measuring disability in multiple sclerosis: the WHODAS 2.0, 2023, Quality of Life Research (with Carolyn Young)
  • Measuring quality of life in ALS/MND: validation of the WHOQOL-BREF, 2020, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration (with Carolyn Young)
  • The WHOQOL-BREF: a modern psychometric evaluation of its internal construct validity in people with multiple sclerosis, 2020, Quality of Life Research (with Ian Pomeroy)

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Carolyn Young
  • Roger Mills
  • Timothy Harrower
  • Seema Kalra
  • David Rog

Best Publications

  • The Rasch measurement model in rheumatology: what is it and why use it? When should it be applied, and what should one look for in a Rasch paper?

    Alan Tennant;Philip G. Conaghan

  • Internal Construct Validity of the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale (WEMWBS): A Rasch Analysis using Data from the Scottish Health Education Population Survey

    Sarah Stewart-Brown;Alan Tennant;Ruth Tennant;Stephen Platt

  • An introduction to the Rasch measurement model: An example using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

    Julie F. Pallant;Alan Tennant

  • Development of the ASQoL: a quality of life instrument specific to ankylosing spondylitis

    L C Doward;A Spoorenberg;S A Cook;D Whalley

  • Adaptation of the Functional Independence Measure for use in Turkey

    Ayse A Küçükdeveci;Günes Yavuzer;Atilla H Elhan;Birkan Sonel

  • Assessing and adjusting for cross-cultural validity of impairment and activity limitation scales through differential item functioning within the framework of the Rasch model: the PRO-ESOR project.

    Alan Tennant;Massimo Penta;Luigi Tesio;Gunnar Grimby

  • Adaptation of the modified Barthel Index for use in physical medicine and rehabilitation in Turkey.

    A A Küçükdeveci;G Yavuzer;A Tennant;N Süldür

  • Issues in cross-cultural validity: Example from the adaptation, reliability, and validity testing of a Turkish version of the Stanford health assessment questionnaire

    Ayse A. Küçükdeveci;Hülya Sahin;Sebnem Ataman;Bridget Griffiths

  • The Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale (WEMWBS): a valid and reliable tool for measuring mental well-being in diverse populations and projects

    Sarah L. Stewart-Brown;Stephen Platt;Alan Tennant;Hendramoorthy Maheswaran

  • Depression and Anxiety in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Prevalence rates based on a comparison of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale (DASS) and the Hospital, Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS)

    Tanya Covic;Tanya Covic;Steven R Cumming;Julie F Pallant;Nick Manolios

  • Construct validity and reliability of the Rivermead Post-Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire

    Sophie Eyres;Amy Carey;Gill Gilworth;Vera Neumann

  • Changing profile of joint disorders with age: findings from a postal survey of the population of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

    E M Badley;A Tennant

  • The Foot Posture Index: Rasch analysis of a novel, foot-specific outcome measure.

    Anne-Maree Keenan;Anthony C. Redmond;Mike Horton;Philip G. Conaghan

  • The development of a short measure of physical function for knee OA KOOS-Physical Function Shortform (KOOS-PS) - an OARSI/OMERACT initiative

    A.V. Perruccio;A.V. Perruccio;L. Stefan Lohmander;M. Canizares;A. Tennant

  • Development of the PsAQoL: a quality of life instrument specific to psoriatic arthritis

    Stephen P. McKenna;Lynda C. Doward;Diane Whalley;Alan Tennant

  • Modifying the Medical Research Council grading system through Rasch analyses

    Els Karla Vanhoutte;Catharina Gerritdina Faber;Sonja Ingrid van Nes;Bart Casper Jacobs

  • Is the Pain Visual Analogue Scale Linear and Responsive to Change? An Exploration Using Rasch Analysis

    Paula Kersten;Peter J. White;Alan Tennant

  • Development of a work instability scale for rheumatoid arthritis.

    Gill Gilworth;M. Anne Chamberlain;Andrew Harvey;Amanda Woodhouse

  • Prevalence of low back pain in the community: implications for service provision in Bradford, UK.

    M Hillman;A Wright;G Rajaratnam;A Tennant

  • A prospective follow-up study of low back pain in the community.

    Robin Waxman;Alan Tennant;Philip Helliwell

Frequent Co-Authors

Philip G. Conaghan
Philip G. Conaghan University of Leeds
Martin Knapp
Martin Knapp London School of Economics and Political Science
Richard J. Langley
Richard J. Langley University of Sheffield
Allan House
Allan House University of Leeds
Paul Emery
Paul Emery University of Leeds
Gerold Stucki
Gerold Stucki University of Lucerne
Julie F Pallant
Julie F Pallant Griffith University
Kevin Talbot
Kevin Talbot University of Oxford
Bryony Beresford
Bryony Beresford University of York
Christopher Morris
Christopher Morris Newcastle University

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